Reporting on Rights

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05.03.13 -
Since the day the United States Supreme Court found in Roe v. Wade constitutional protections for women's right to decide whether to continue or
end a pregnancy, opponents of that fundamental right have been focused on chipping those protections away.
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04.04.13 -
As of April 1, women in France who need an abortion can get one without worrying about whether they can afford it. The government will pay 100 percent of
the cost. The legislation also includes a measure to pay for the total cost of contraception for adolescent girls age 15 to 18…

03.19.13 -
The most unpopular Congress in history didn't take that title by accident or through a stroke of bad luck. The 112th Congress, which came to an
end just a few months ago, earned a record-setting rate of disapproval from U.S. voters because of its legislative record.
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01.15.13 - At the end of November 2012, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) expressed its concern about a systemic pattern of sexual abuse in educational settings, as well as the limited results of judicial investigations to determine responsibility and impose sanctions…

12.18.12 -
A reproductive health bill that has been in the making for more than a decade was passed in both the Philippines House of Representatives and the Senate.
The House and Senate reconciled their respective versions of the bill last month and President Benigno Aquino III signed the bill into…